Crowned cormorant

Crowned cormorant
Juvenile crowned cormorant
Near Threatened (The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Microcarbo
Species:
M. coronatus
Binomial name
Microcarbo coronatus
(Wahlberg, 1855)
Map
  Extant (resident)
Synonyms[3]
  • Graculus coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855)
  • Phalacrocorax coronatus (Wahlberg, 1855)

The crowned cormorant (Microcarbo coronatus) or kuifkopduiker, 'Fringe-head diver', is a small cormorant that is endemic to the waters of the cold Benguela Current of southern Africa. It is an exclusively coastal species and is not found more than 10 km (6 mi) away from land. This species is related to the reed cormorant, and was formerly considered to the same species.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Microcarbo coronatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22696730A181721741. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RDBB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Microcarbo coronatus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-12-26.